Allied forces hold Moselle bridgehead after Moselle clashes
U S Third Army troops battled through heavy fire to secure a Moselle River bridgehead south of Metz as German forces withdraw from the Siegfried Line. British Second Army crossed the Albert Canal in Belgium while American and other Allied units advance toward the German border, with fighting intensifying along the Moselle and encirclement near Nancy and Luxembourg.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Third Army
Moselle
Metz
Siegfried Line
Belgium
Albert Canal
Aachen
First
Liege
First Army
Ardennes Forest
St. Hubert
Luxembourg
Germany
Ecouvier Village
Maginot Line
France
Pompey
Nancy
Normandy
George 5S. Patton
Saar
German Forces Break and Run Near Belfort
Allied columns from southern France closed to within 20 miles of Belfort, the sentinel city guarding the Rhine plain. American doughboys advanced along the Besancon road as French troops moved up the Jura, seizing Pierre Fontaine and Maiche as the battle for Belfort began in earnest.
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Rome
France
Belfort
Germany
Srone
Rhine
Besancon
New Offensive Opened by Russian Troops
London dispatch reports Soviet and Romanian forces driving across Transylvania toward Hungary and southern Poland. Malinovsky's Second Ukrainian army seized Alba Iulia as it pushes northwest from Sibiu, capturing towns and settlements and threatening Cluj as German and Hungarian resistance folds.
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Robert Musel
London
U.P
Transylvania
Budapest
Hungary
Berlin
Poland
Silesia
Red Army
Transylvanian Alps
Carpathian Mountains
Germany
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Sibiu
Transylvania Alps
Alba Iulia
Cluj
Eastern
Success of Stock Show Assured at Butte Stockyards
The Butte stocker and feeder show on October 2 and 3 near the Butte Pub lick Stockyards is virtually assured as Middle West buyers plan to attend. Lewis Riemers of Schleswig Iowa will judge, with a local associate to be chosen. About 40 feeders and buyers are expected, first-time visitors to the Butte market, boosting seller confidence. Prize money totals 2000 in war bonds with $500 donated by Anaconda Copper. Exhibitors expanded to include John Lane Three Forks William Stoddard Philipsburg Andrew Beck Deer Lodge John Capp Whitehall M N Judy Monida J H Buck Monida and L G Standenmeyer Dillon.
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Butte
Butte Publick
Butte Chamber of Commerce Livestock Committee
Middle West
Lewis Riemers
Schleswig
Iowa
Denver
Kansas City
St. Paul
Sioux City
Chamber Committee
German generals confirm Kluge dead Rommel wounded say report
London dispatch confirms Field Marshal Guenther von Kluge is dead and says Field Marshal Erwin Rommel has been seriously wounded, per Reuters citing the British Second Army front on Saturday night.
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London
Guenther von Kluge
Erwin Rommel
Reuters
Second Army Front
Dinner for Butte Chamber Draws 300 Reservations
City wide interest surrounds the Butte Chamber of Commerce dinner at the Finlen hotel Tuesday at 6 30 pm with about 300 reservations made by Saturday. William Meyer will be toastmaster. Fred Sperling of St Paul will speak on postwar economic and material impacts. Ward Fanning will outline postwar Chamber findings and A J Knievel will give brief remarks. Tickets from Chamber or by phone 6535. The event ends by 9 pm.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Finlen
Chamber
William Meyer
Buutte
Chamber of Commerce
West Broadway
Fred Sperling
St. Paul
West
Ward Fanning
Butte
Chamber of Commerce Survey
A. J. Knievel
Montana Mostly Clear Tonight and Sunday
Forecast calls for mostly clear skies over Montana tonight and Sunday with little change in temperatures. Strong high pressure keeps conditions dry and tranquil across the state. Ripples of morning frost possible in western valleys where readings dip near freezing.
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Montana
Reconversion Plans Well Advanced James Byrnes Report
War Mobilization Director James Byrnes outlined in a Roosevelt report that reconversion plans are far along for a large industrial shift after Germany’s defeat. He urged a general return to the 40 hour work week and removal of many economic controls, promising rapid civilian production and a swift move of workers to home-front goods. He said unemployment fears after V E day are exaggerated and that demand will rise as people have money to spend.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Germany
Roosevelt
Europe
Warplanes Batter Nazi Bases Near Front Lines
Allied air forces attack German freight yards near Mainz Mannheim and Dusseldorf with over 1000 heavy bombers and 500 fighters. The raid targets rail networks supplying Siegfried line as 23 bombers and four fighters reported missing. Additional missions hit troop concentrations and transport across northern Belgium Holland and western Germany, with Ludwigshafen oil plants and Karlsruhe yards sustaining heavy damage.
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London
Mainz
Mannheim
Dusseldorf
Siegfried Line
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Nurnberg
Ludwigshafen
Karlsruhe
Kastel
Partisan Forces List Advances Toward Danube in Serbia
Marshal Tito s partisan armies stormed into Zajecar in eastern Serbia driving toward the Danube within six miles of the border. A communique said Tito s forces are within 30 miles of the Danube and 50 miles south of Turnu Severin where Russians reached the Yugoslav border this week. The town, defended by 4000 Germans Mihailovic Chetniks and Nedics, saw over 1000 captured and hundreds killed in the streets. Local villagers and miners greeted the Serbian corps with flags and flowers as the unit pressed onward.
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Zajecar
Serbia
Free Yugoslavia Radio
Tito
Danube
Tumok
Turnu Severin
Mihailovic Chetniks
Nedics
Hitler Rumors Fly Over Hitler Death in Germany
Belgians who escaped from camps report widespread rumors in the Reich that Adolf Hitler is dead. The claims circulate as Allied forces advance and press reports downgrade German leadership.
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Liege
Belgium
U.P
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Bricker Opens Republican VP Campaign in Indiana Speech
Governor John W. Bricker launched his vice presidential bid in French Lick Indiana. He framed the 1944 contest as defending republican government against the New Deal approach arguing for personal rights and limited government amid wartime leadership needs.
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French Lick
Ind
John W. Bricker
United States
Columbus
Ohio
America
Allied patrols land on Soepiori near Biak in Geelvink bay
General Headquarters reports amphibious Allied patrols landed Thursday on Soepiori island off Biak in Geelvink bay, consolidating positions with no opposition. Allied forces also hold Noemfoor and Owi islands. Biak airfields remain in use. Separate strikes hit Davao coastal vessels and Manado oil dumps, while Halmahera bases were neutralized with no aerial opposition.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Soepiori
Biak
Geelvink Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Noemfoor
Owi
Soepieri
Manokwari
Plant Is Seized In Minneapolis Brass Works Case
President Roosevelt ordered the Army to take over and operate the Twentieth Century Brass Works Inc, a Minneapolis plant where production of bronze bushings had stopped due to a CIO labor stoppage. The move follows advice from War Labor Board chairman William H. Davis.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Twentieth Century Brass Works, Inc
Minneapolis, Minn
White House
William H. Davis
War Labor Board
Montana Democrats Draft Campaign Platform Named Chairman
Montana Democrats at Lewistown on September 9 concluded their state platform convention. Les ter Loble, Helena attorney, was chosen as state central committee chair man, succeeding Arthur F. Lamey of Billings since 1938. The platform pledged loyalty to Roosevelt and supported servicemen, reconversion, and Western development including irrigation, water resources, and a highway program. It called for a Montana development commission, tourism growth, and an improved liquor control board administration.
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Lewistown
Montana
Democrats
Balanced Agriculture—Industry
Plank
Lester Loble
Helena
Franklin D. Roosevelt
West
Missouri River
Montana Development Commission
State Liquor Control Board
US Warships and Planes Bombard Palau Islands
United States cruisers and destroyers pounded the Palau group in the western Carolines with a heavy bombardment on Wednesday while carrier planes attacked the Japanese held cluster near the Philippines. Carrier planes hit Yap 300 miles northeastward. Shellfire damaged buildings and defenses on four Palau islands, leaving large fires at Angaur and Koror. Communications facilities and fuel dumps were hit on Peleliu and Arakabsesan, and a radio station was struck nearby.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Palau Islands
Carolines
Philippines
Palau
Angaur
Peleliu
Koror
Germans Put Up Savage Battle For Rimini Gateway
Rome Sept 9 German forces fought savage battles to hold Rimini against British Eighth Army as Kesselring countered with heavy infantry and armor. Casualties were heavy with fighting along the Adriatic coast and inland to Croce. Canadians advanced toward Rimini banks of the Marano River while Mount Morello was seized near Florence. Clark warned the Fifth Army of continued decisive blows as Americans pressed near Pistoia and Montecatini Terme.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Rimini
Eighth Army
Harold Alexander
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Adriatic
Croce
Marano
Appennines
Morello
Florence
Fifth Army
Mark W. Clark
Salerno
Pistoia
Montecatini Terme
Bulgaria Switches Governments as War Ends
London dispatch reports four day Bulgaria Russia war ends with Stalin declaring successful Red Army advance and Bulgarian war on Germany. Soviet foreign office says Russia, the United States and Britain are working out armistice terms. Kimon Georgiev named premier of a new anti German government pledging to back the Allies.
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London
Bulgaria
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Red Army
Germany
United States
Britain
Stalin
Moscow
Kimon Georgiev
Argentina withdraws from Montevideo committee for defense
Buenos Aires reports Argentina has withdrawn from the Montevideo committee for the political defense of the continent. The body was formed at the Rio de Janeiro conference of American ministers in 1942.
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Buenos Aires
Foreign Office
Argentina
Montevideo Committee
Conference of American Ministers
Rio de Janeiro
Subs Ineffectual, Roosevelt and Churchill Say U-Boats Ineffective
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill declared in a joint release that Allied operations in France have neutralized major U-boat bases in the Bay of Biscay. They termed submarines "relatively ineffectual" and called the sinking rate favorable to Allied ships.
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Washington
Bay of Biscay
France
Roosevelt
Churchill
Office of War Information
Seismic Tremor Shakes Western Colorado No Damage Reported
In Montrose Colorado a distinct tremor lasting nearly a minute was felt last night across Western Colorado. A seismologist called the event very distinct and noted there was no reported damage or injuries.
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Montrose
Colo
Colorado
Dewey Seeks Informed View on Roosevelt Churchill Talks
Governor Thomas E. Dewey said he would be kept fully informed on any conversations between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill as he camps in Michigan. He urged non partisan discussion to prevent future wars and avoided private participation in anticipated Quebec talks, citing Cabinet and adviser discussions.
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Dewey
Churchill
Lansing
Mich
Thomas E. Dewey
Michigan
Roosevelt
Louisville
Quebec
New York
Cordell Hull
John Foster Dulles
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Ludwig Sertorius
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By Sid Feder
D. Harold Oliver
Ernest Agnew
Marshal Tito
Hitler
Bricker
Lable
Loble
Arthur F. Lamey
Billings
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